with hair sticking up on the end.

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He looked a complete mess - dressed anyhow with hair sticking up on end.

What does sticking up on the end mean?

Flat or standing like wire?

Thanks in advance!

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Standing like wire, and, you are very welcome.

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Got anything going on later?

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I am known as the "King of Disco", but I didn't want to drop that little tidbit for the sake of being laid.

You are female, aren't you?

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It is NOT "sticking up on THE end". It is "sticking up on end", which is essentially an idiom for rising straight up. You can balance a stick "on end" too, for example--something long and thin rising from a small base is "on end", not "on THE end". Much like Gus. Any double entendres brought to mind, Gus?

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gustavratzenhofer wrote:

You are female, aren't you?

Yeah, so what?

gustavratzenhofer wrote:

I am known as the "King of Disco",

I'm by no means a dancing queen. Twisted Evil

gustavratzenhofer wrote:

but I didn't want to drop that little tidbit for the sake of being laid.

You King, the Majesty, what does for the sake of being laid mean? Paraphrase a bit, would you please?

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username wrote:

It is NOT "sticking up on THE end". It is "sticking up on end", which is essentially an idiom for rising straight up. You can balance a stick "on end" too, for example--something long and thin rising from a small base is "on end", not "on THE end". Much like Gus. Any double entendres brought to mind, Gus?

Received!
very helpful, indeed.

Thank you!!

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bluestblue wrote:

gustavratzenhofer wrote:
You are female, aren't you?
Yeah, so what?

gustavratzenhofer wrote:
I am known as the "King of Disco",

I'm by no means a dancing queen.

gustavratzenhofer wrote:
but I didn't want to drop that little tidbit for the sake of being laid.
You King, the Majesty, what does for the sake of being laid mean? Paraphrase a bit, would you please?

O...M....G! I have found a live one, folks! Walk with me.

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gustavratzenhofer wrote:

O...M....G! I have found a live one, folks! Walk with me.

a live what? a live female?
What's going on there? I'm totally lost Confused

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Allow me to introduce myself, bluestblue: I am Gustav Ratzehofer, an old German man, soon to be expired, yet thirsting for the quench of one last Chinese woman.

I hoped that would be you.

I prayed.

Yet, you show all the signs of being Vietnamese and, well, I have been down that road.

Can we talk some time?

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Well, Please also allow me to introduce myself
Im a Chinese woman of wealth and taste
Ive been around for a long, long year
Stole many a human's soul and faith
And I was round when jesus christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
But whats puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
I stuck around st. petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
....

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Meanwhile, I think of it as hair standing up on end... NOT sticking up.

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ossobuco wrote:

Meanwhile, I think of it as hair standing up on end... NOT sticking up.

I copied this sentence from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dict.

I alos figure sticking is the confusing word.

Thanks for your comments!!

Blues

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I suspect 'standing up' was first in usage, however learned the cambridge folk are.

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Think of the hair rising along the spine of an angry dog.

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with hair sticking up on the end.

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